Pulmonary oedema - A life threatening disease

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Ekman, Inger ^a   Ekstrand, Lena ^b   Schaufelberger, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Pulmonary oedema; Qualitative method

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PULMONARY EDEMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 36549023586     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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